Dr. John David Heiss M.D.
Neurosurgeon
10 Center Drive Potomac MD, 20854Rating
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Dr. John Heiss practices Neurological Surgery in Potomac, MD. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Heiss prevents, diagnoses, evaluates, and treats disorders of the autonomic, peripheral, and central nervous systems. Neurological Surgeons are trained to treat such disorders as spinal canal stenosis, herniated discs, tumors, fractures, and spinal deformities, among many others.
Education and Training
Univ of Mi Med Sch, Ann Arbor Mi 1980
University of Mi Med Sch 1980
Board Certification
Neurological SurgeryAmerican Board of Neurological SurgeryABNS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) modulates vascular permeability and inflammation in rat brain.
- Syringomyelia, hemangioblastomas, and Chiari I malformation. Case illustration.
- Elucidating the pathophysiology of syringomyelia.
- Spinal cord swelling preceding syrinx development. Case report.
- Symptomatic vertebral hemangiomas: treatment by means of direct intralesional injection of ethanol.
- Retrospective analysis of surgical treatment outcomes for gelastic seizures: a review of the literature.
- Real-time detection of vascular occlusion and reperfusion of the brain during
- Pathophysiology of headache associated with cough in patients with Chiari I malformation.
- Insertion of mutant proteolipid protein results in missorting of myelin proteins.
- Clinical and neuroimaging features of "idiopathic" syringomyelia.
- Intraoperative infrared imaging of brain tumors.
- The post-syrinx syndrome: stable central myelopathy and collapsed or absent syrinx.
- Peripheral and central hypomyelination with hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and hypodontia.
- Time course of syringomyelia resolution following decompression of Chiari malformation Type I.
- Long-term result of the Echols procedure for treating syringomyelia.
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